Jonathan Israel: The Radical Enlightenment & Jewish Emancipation- Stroum Lectures 2017

Jonathan Israel of the Institute for Advanced Study surveys the Radical Enlightenment thinkers who followed Baruch Spinoza in advocating for democratic republicanism and equal treatment for Jews, paving the way for the modern democracy and modern ideas of human rights.
This lecture was presented on May 21, 2017 as part of the annual Stroum Lecture series hosted by the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Washington, part of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.
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